Jamila
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Arabic. From Arabic جَمِيلَة (jamīla, “beautiful”).
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Jamila (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Jamila has been rising over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2020. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 8 |
| 2005 | 3 |
| 2006 | 8 |
| 2007 | 7 |
| 2008 | 5 |
| 2009 | 6 |
| 2010 | 2 |
| 2011 | 5 |
| 2012 | 6 |
| 2013 | 7 |
| 2014 | 10 |
| 2015 | 6 |
| 2016 | 11 |
| 2017 | 6 |
| 2018 | 6 |
| 2019 | 9 |
| 2020 | 12 |
| 2021 | 9 |
| 2022 | 9 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 189 |
| 2000 | 207 |
| 2001 | 224 |
| 2002 | 231 |
| 2003 | 244 |
| 2004 | 261 |
| 2005 | 271 |
| 2006 | 297 |
| 2007 | 319 |
| 2008 | 331 |
| 2009 | 353 |
| 2010 | 368 |
| 2011 | 386 |
| 2012 | 414 |
| 2013 | 460 |
| 2014 | 495 |
| 2015 | 539 |
| 2016 | 592 |
| 2017 | 656 |
| 2018 | 678 |
| 2019 | 708 |
| 2020 | 730 |
Jamila in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Jamila.Hi! My name is Jamila.
- Jamila bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Jamila lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Vet du om Jamila kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Jamila is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Jamilas mamma är lärare.Jamila's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Jamilas mamma is Jamila's mum.
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Questions about Jamila
How do you pronounce Jamila in Swedish?
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What does the name Jamila mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Arabic. From Arabic جَمِيلَة (jamīla, “beautiful”).
How popular is Jamila in Sweden?
9 babies were named Jamila in 2022. In 2020, 730 people in Sweden had Jamila as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been rising lately and peaked in 2020 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.